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Fly Ventures sets its eyes on technical founders with a fresh €80M fund | TechCrunch

Dec 06, 2024 - techcrunch.com
Fly Ventures, a Berlin-based venture capital firm, has launched its third fund at €80 million, focusing on seed-stage European startups in enterprise and deep tech. The firm, which raised a €53 million fund in 2020, claims that the latest fund was oversubscribed and raised in a single closing. The slight increase in fund size reflects Fly Ventures' aim to operate as a boutique firm. The company, founded by Gabriel Matuschka and Fredrik Bergenlid, invests €1-4 million in rounds of €2-10 million at the inception stage.

The firm operates in an equal-GP model with four partners distributed across Berlin, London, Paris, and Zurich. AI has accounted for about 45% of Fly’s investments, with vertical applications and industrial tech taking up 35%, and dev tools/infrastructure taking up 20%. Its portfolio includes clinical trials marketplace Inato, anti-money-laundering startup Salv, cybersecurity startup GitGuardian, and Wayve, which recently raised $1.05B in a Series C round led by SoftBank for autonomous driving with self-learning technology.

Key takeaways:

  • Fly Ventures, a Berlin-based VC firm, has launched its third fund at €80 million, focusing on seed-stage European startups within enterprise and deep tech.
  • The firm operates in an equal-GP model with four partners distributed across Berlin, London, Paris, and Zurich.
  • AI has accounted for about 45% of Fly’s investments, with vertical applications and industrial tech taking up 35%, and dev tools/infrastructure taking up 20%.
  • Notable investments include clinical trials marketplace Inato, anti-money-laundering startup Salv, cybersecurity startup GitGuardian, and Wayve, which recently raised $1.05B in a Series C round led by SoftBank for autonomous driving with self-learning technology.
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